Anti-war

[Kelley]

At 03:15 PM 10/18/01 -0700, joanna bujes wrote:
>At 05:53 PM 10/18/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>Now, as a matter of fact, being a single mom or dad does make it
>>difficult to do any activism, but it doesn't make it impossible to do
>>so.  Those who berate others for "doing nothing" surely must be doing
>>something, rather than posting to e-lists.  I recommend that she cut
>>the considerable time she spends on posting & use it for organizing.
>
>Yoshie, I guess you haven't worked a 9 to 5 for a while. She posts at 
>work! You, as a grad student with time on your hands (I used to be one, I 
>know) have the flexibility to organize and run around; she has to be at 
>work...where she has time to post.
>
>Congratulations on the raise Kel! (I'm a single mom with two kids; raises 
>make a diff.)
>
>But, more to the point, we are ALL frustrated with being able to do very 
>little right now and we're taking it out on each other. As my 
>acupuncturist puts it, "Not perfect!"
>
>Joanna B

just for the record, i've not complained that no one is organizing. youshie 
has complained though, irrc.  i have frequently and forever argued that the 
left has a workerist notion of organizing that it needs to reassess for its 
racist and sexist assumption.

i complained that zak hadn't put forth a positive program. he just 
criticized doug. i have put forth several different programs. i have been 
persistently asking carrol why war is the only good time to organize the 
left. he has said he hasn't organized or done anything and that the war 
made him gleeful b/c it was an opp for the left. i've been asking him to 
explain that one for weeks now and i'll keep on asking why we shouldn't 
always be engaged in left organizing. I, for example, am involved in 
getting an organization off the ground to monitor policing in the 
neighborhood otherwise.

yes, they do make a difference. and bonuses are rilly rilly kewl too. it 
all goes into the college fund though!

kelley, (1 minute)